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Originally our language was written on clay/stone tablets in its earliest era. 246 B.C
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Northern ermanic tribes were basically the devlopers of the english language. At aprox. 5th century A.D, the germanic tribes migrate to Britain which begins the era of the early period of english.
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The Germanic tribes migrated to Britain in around 400 B.C. which means that the developement of there language is different because it is a different country.
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in the 4th century B.C. the germanic tribes invaded the roman empire and conquered them and used the basics of there language in theirs.
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english developed from the language, Proto-Indo-European which also helped develop the languages of German, English, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish.
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Old english is a very eligant and stylish font. It is very neat and it seems very complicated. The written language didn't come up until the 8th century though spoken word came about in 200 to 250 B.C.
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English's (deriving from latin and other languages) grammar started between the 8th and 9th century (700-800 B.C.). The first stages of English grammar is very complex and interesting.
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in approx. 1550, the modern english was completed and was widespread around the world.
